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Is there a word for the length of the period of employment? Ie, the number of the years you've worked somewhere?

The legal term in Farsi translates as record or history, which don't work in English.

@Færd This is what my dictionary suggests.

@Cerberus Thank you.

In other words, there is no single word.

But those terms do sound familiar.

And seem to be correct.

Perhaps if you provided more context people could suggest a good way to say it, which may or may not involve those phrases.

"Service" and "term of office" suggest a public function to me.

True. Maybe they don't work for a worker who does manual labor.

Or for a janitor.

Period of employment would.

Or duration.

Uh-huh

nods

nods

Term of employment suggests a predetermined period of time.

(To be distinguished from terms.)

Right.

Term of service or term of employment sound OK for non-governmental positions.

length of service is OK too

@Mitch Even for a janitor who was indefinitely employed (until retired)?

Yes. It sounds a little formal, and a janitor doesn't seem formal, but if it's a legal document I think it works.

Informally 'how long you worked there'

Okay. Thanks.

haha...they just display it. When they ask you about that length of time they say: "I am currently working in this role..." and you choose dates.

So they avoid a term altogether.

@Mitch Shouldn't that sentence be in the perfect to denote duration?

> I have been working in this capacity for/since ...

> Previously, I worked in that other role for ...

@Færd oops...wrong string. that is the label for the checkbox to say what your current employment is. My mistake.

@Mitch Np. You've got a fabulous joke on the starboard that more than makes up.

Here's another one:

@Færd in fact, LinkedIn avoids a label entirely. There's just 'Start Date' and 'End Date'.

Huh. Today I discovered sinister is latin for 'left'.

Right being dexter.

Who calls their children 'right'?

@Mitch So maybe there ain't one single universal term for it, as pointed before.

@marcellothearcane Gauche parents?

@marcellothearcane Correct.

@Færd I think you're right.

@marcellothearcane gauche is French for left while we're on the subject. Sinister and gauche have a connotation for evil because of the salute and handshake being done with the right hand to demonstrate the lack of a weapon. Holding a weapon in your left hand being considered evil ....

At least that's just one theory. There are many others.

@Cerberus Adroitly pointed.

@Færd Hmm is droit from dexter or directus?

Probably the former.

> This is from Old French à "to" (see ad-) + droit, dreit "right," from Medieval Latin directum (contracted drictum) "right, justice, law,"...

Hmm, no seems to be the latter.

there's also "adroit"

etymonline.com/word/adroit

oops, snipered again

Faerd is such a fast sniper!

yup